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Giants. First-rounder Matt Cain was a huge hit, and the Giants also got reasonable value from second-rounder Fred Lewis and fourth-rounder Kevin Correia. Eighth-rounder Clay Hensley helped them land reliever Matt Herges. And unlike some teams on this list, the Giants didn’t have a mess of compensation picks, selecting just once in each round.

Matt ****ing Herges! Haven't heard that name in a while. I'd say we had a pretty damn god draft that year.

Also from MLBTR.com:

After being designated for assignment by the Pirates, Travis Ishikawa became a free agent and signed with the Giants, who sent him to Triple-A Fresno. That’s an assignment with which Ishikawa is familiar, Bryant-Jon Anteola of the Fresno Bee reports. Ishikawa also played for Fresno in the 2008 and 2011 seasons. Ishikawa is, of course, aiming higher than Triple-A, however. “When I was looking around, the Giants made contact, and I noticed there wasn’t a lot of left-handed hitting on the bench up there,” he says. “Figured this was a good chance to get back up there and try to repeat what I was able to do before with the Giants.”

I'd take a 2010 Ishikawa off the bench this season.

"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument against a stupid person." - Bill MurraySabermetric Myths
FIP=better pitcher
WAR is fact
Pythagorean records and win expectancy have value
Strikeouts are overrated
Best regular season record = best team
Regular season > Post season
The difference between me and you is I don't need the internet to discuss baseball intelligently.

I liked Lewis, just didn't like him leading off. Didn't he have chronic bunions or something like that towards the end of his Giants tenure?

"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument against a stupid person." - Bill MurraySabermetric Myths
FIP=better pitcher
WAR is fact
Pythagorean records and win expectancy have value
Strikeouts are overrated
Best regular season record = best team
Regular season > Post season
The difference between me and you is I don't need the internet to discuss baseball intelligently.

I vividly remember wanting to sign Alfonso Soriano for 2b and having Lewis in LF as Bonds' replacement.

#JoergerBomb

<3

- “He runs meetings like a coach. Basically, I’m playing with a coordinator on the field. He’s a football God. He sees everything, and he sees the big picture of everything." - Frank Gore on Andrew Luck
- "He is as smart as Peyton, as accurate as Brady, tougher than Ben and as athletic as RG3." - Anonymous Head Coach on Andrew Luck

I think the Big Cat still holds the record for longest HR hit at AT&T for a RH.

"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument against a stupid person." - Bill MurraySabermetric Myths
FIP=better pitcher
WAR is fact
Pythagorean records and win expectancy have value
Strikeouts are overrated
Best regular season record = best team
Regular season > Post season
The difference between me and you is I don't need the internet to discuss baseball intelligently.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy indicated Sunday that he'll talk to Brandon Belt and perhaps give the struggling slugger a day off on Monday.
Belt's recent struggles continued in Sunday's win over the Indians, striking out in all four of his plate appearances. He's mired in an 0-for-12 slump and has whiffed in eight of those at-bats.

Nothing wrong with a day off. Perhaps Morse can shift to 1B and Blanco can start in LF for a game.

Also, Brandon Hicks now has 3 HR, one shy of the 2013 total for all Giants second basemen.

Last edited by RTL; 04-27-2014 at 09:49 PM.

"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument against a stupid person." - Bill MurraySabermetric Myths
FIP=better pitcher
WAR is fact
Pythagorean records and win expectancy have value
Strikeouts are overrated
Best regular season record = best team
Regular season > Post season
The difference between me and you is I don't need the internet to discuss baseball intelligently.